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On a hot Saturday in downtown Littleton, Wyatt Kieffer hurled a ball at a target and smiled when he realized his pitch was spot on.

Seconds later, his dad, Brent, tumbled from his spot on a ledge and into a tank full of water.

Brent is a police officer with the Littleton Police Department, and he was one of the participants in Dunk-A-Cop last weekend. The event is held yearly during Western Welcome Week, and it serves as a fund-raiser for the Littleton Police Citizen Academy Alumni Association.

High school football kicks off this week, and in preparation, West Metro Fire Rescue last Friday held a training exercise on head and spinal cord injuries.

Groups were faced with two separate helmet-related scenarios — one focused on spinal trauma in football players and the other was a motorcycle crash. For the football portion, West Metro used helmets from Chatfield Senior High School, Dakota Ridge High School and the Denver Broncos. It’s important for paramedics to work with different types of helmets to ensure a safe and efficient removal.

As the gates of the Ken-Caryl Ranch pool opened Saturday, dogs of all shapes and sizes poured in.

The parade of pups signaled the start of the final session of Doggie Dip Day. The canine event — now in its 12th year — includes a free swim session, and diving, swimming and retrieving competitions. It’s held at the pool after it closes for the summer, and there are three 60-minute sessions for Ken-Caryl residents and their dogs to choose from.

A 16-year-old boy has died after his vehicle flipped over on northbound U.S. 285 late Wednesday night.
While on routine patrol around 10:20 p.m., an officer with the Morrison Police Department spotted the single-car rollover accident.
The officer pulled over to help and found that the 16-year-old juvenile driver, who hasn't been identified, was ejected from the car. The driver was pronounced dead on scene.

Doug Duncan has seen his fair share of total solar eclipses during his career as an astronomer, but for the University of Colorado professor and director of Boulder’s Fiske Planetarium, the eclipse next week will be the closest one to hit near home.

“This is total eclipse No. 10 for me,” Duncan said. “I’ve seen them in China, South Africa, Bolivia, (the) Galapagos (Islands) and Mexico. Those are ones that come to mind.”

Jeffco Open Space will be allowing Class 1 e-bikes on its paved trails, which are only located in three parks — Crown Hill, Van Bibber and Clear Creek Trail. For now, the agency is prohibiting use of Class 2 e-bikes in these areas.

The most important renewable resource that we can access is children. Our ability to provide education and training for future generations is the single biggest thing we can do to adequately prepare ourselves for the future.

Today — Thursday, Aug. 17 — is the first day of school in Jefferson County, and my wife and I know it all too well. Goodbye, sleeping in until the weekend comes.
OK, it’s not that bad. I don’t get that much sleep as it is. But with two school-aged children — one still in elementary school and another a year away from high school (gulp!) — the next nine months will be an assortment of running around to get kids to and from where they need to be, juggling homework assignments and finding that work-life balance.

The Jeffco Sheriff’s Office has agreed to place a deputy on Lockheed Martin’s Waterton Canyon campus in South Jeffco after the company’s request for county security was approved by the Jeffco Board of County Commissioners earlier this month.